NRA
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.12.21
* A judge has dismissed the NRA bankruptcy leaving the group open to litigation by the New York Attorney General. Guess the group maybe shot itself in the foot for nothing… [CNBC]
* Check out this feature on a law student who was a judge before he entered law school. [UVA Law]
* A co-founder for Students for Trump has been sentenced to prison time for posing as a lawyer. [Hill]
* A partner at Holland & Knight has reportedly been found dead off a Florida beach. [Lakeland Ledger]
* A lawyer is running a talent agency for animals. Maybe this attorney is like the Ari Gold for pups… [ABA Journal]
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Courts
NRA Plan To Bankruptcy Its Way Out Of New York Backfires Bigly
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.21
* Georgia passed a new law aimed at curbing illegal street racing. Probably safer to stick with the midnight train to Georgia… [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
* The New York Attorney General is arguing that the NRA’s bankruptcy case should be dismissed. [ABC News]
* A Texas lawyer known as the “DUI Guy” has been sentenced to serious prison time for federal charges. [Dallas Morning News]
* The County of Los Angeles has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant over photos of the deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant were circulated. [USA Today]
* Disney and Marvel are facing a lawsuit claiming they ripped off designs for Iron Man and Ant Man. [WDWNT]
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Government
Wayne LaPierre Admits Living High On NRA's Dime, But Claims Only He Can Keep 'Charity' Solvent
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.07.21
* The NRA’s top lawyer claims he was not consulted on the group’s bankruptcy filing. Guess the organization might be shooting from the hip… [LAw360]
* A high-profile Nevada lawyer has seemingly admitted to failing to safeguard client funds and other ethical breaches. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
* Several Italian-American organizations are filing a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and local officials over canceling Columbus Day and removing statutes of Christopher Columbus. [CBS News]
* Colorado is considering mandatory diversity training for all attorneys. [Denver Post]
* Drinker Biddle must face a lawsuit alleging it broke a promise when it purportedly promised to retain an attorney so long as she “performed as an average associate.” Seems like a low bar… [ABA Journal]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.01.21
* The New York Attorney General has settled a lawsuit with the maker of Life Alert. Maybe the company’s defenses have fallen and they can’t get up… [WIVB]
* A driver has pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a prominent Ohio lawyer. [Enquirer]
* LGBTQ students are suing the Department of Justice over alleged discrimination at federally funded religious colleges. [NBC News]
* A lawyer for the New York Attorney General alleges that the leader of the National Rifles Association kept its board in the dark about plans to put the group into bankruptcy. [Wall Street Journal]
* A lawyer who said disbarment would be an “honor” has had his law license revoked. Be careful what you wish for… [ABA Journal]
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Finance
I Escaped The Gun Cult After A Decade As An NRA Life Member, And Your Loved Ones Can Too
The NRA’s lies successfully extracted money from me. I was infuriated. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.22.21
* Google is asking that an antitrust lawsuit filed against it be moved from Texas to California. Interesting, seems like Silicon Valley types keep moving from California to Texas… [Reuters]
* A group called Lawyers Defending American Democracy are calling for Rudy Giuliani to face professional discipline over his work for President Trump. [Hill]
* A judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association can move forward. [ABC News]
* Numerous lawsuits have been filed over the helicopter crash last year that killed NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and several other passengers. [USA Today]
*Alan Dershowitz claims that the Senate does not have jurisdiction to hold President Trump’s impeachment trial. Sounds a little like a “sovereign citizen” argument… [Law & Crime]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.07.20
* President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen apparently has a job offer to be a political consultant after he is released from jail. Seems like he landed on his feet after being disbarred. [SF Gate]
* A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at tossing the new proxy voting system adopted by the House of Representative amid COVID-19 concerns. [USA Today]
* Simon Property Group, one of the nation’s largest shopping center landlords, has filed claims against the Gap for allegedly “taking opportunistic advantage” of the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid paying rent. [Bloomberg]
* The New York Attorney General is suing to have the National Rifle Association dissolved because of allegedly fraudulent practices. [New York Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.28.20
* A former lawyer for Apple, who was responsible for enforcing Apple’s insider trading policy, is ironically making far-fetched arguments to dismiss his own insider trading indictment. [Bloomberg Law]
* Nursing homes are seeking immunity from lawsuits relating to the care they provide during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [NBC News]
* Mother Teresa’s lawyer has asked a GOP politician to stop using her image in campaign media. Hope that attorney is working pro bono… [Newsweek]
* A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed claiming that a man died of salmonella after eating a tainted chicken enchilada. [Insurance Journal]
* A new class action alleges that some Costco, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe’s stores hiked up egg prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sounds like they have “eggcellent” grounds for relief (this is my second egg pun in the past several days). [Business Insider]
* A top NRA lawyer was successfully able to have a sanctions order overturned on appeal. Bet he’s happy he stuck to his guns… [Washington Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.20
* New York Sports Clubs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for charging membership fees while its gyms are shuttered because of COVID-19. Seems like most people would just be happy to have an excuse not to go to the gym… [Gothamist]
* A Brooklyn lawyer is suing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over orders meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. [New York Post]
* DACA beneficiaries have sent a letter to the Supreme Court imploring the justices to consider how around 27,000 DACA beneficiaries are healthcare workers that are needed to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [CNN]
* The NRA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of California over gun store restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News]
* The lawyer at the center of an early cluster of COVID-19 cases in New York has been released from the hospital. [NBC News]
* The University of Arizona is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking refunds to students who have been forced into remote learning because of COVID-19. Guess if these students wanted to take online courses, they could have enrolled at the University of Phoenix… [Arizona Daily Star]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.19.19
* Five Biglaw firms and 26 general counsel have joined together to improve diversity in the profession. Every little bit helps, but it feels like we take stories like these as excuses not to engage in the comprehensive overhaul of the law school machine needed to get real progress. [American Lawyer]
* Eugene Scalia’s been formally nominated to serve as Secretary of Labor. In true Scalia fashion, he’s going to be sad to learn that Labor isn’t just what the government forces women to have against their will. [National Law Journal]
* Shocking news: people involved in an industry that intentionally describes itself as “crypto” accused of being up to no good. [Law360]
* A quick guide to the new draft rules for CFIUS. [Corporate Counsel]
* Another look at Bill Brewer’s role in the NRA’s internal chaos. [Washington Post]
* Richmond trying to reinstate segregation which should surprise no one. [Courthouse News Service]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.20.19
* Law firm expenses outpaced revenue for the first half of 2019 and there’s no way that’s going to come back and haunt us. [American Lawyer]
* The DOJ is siding with Led Zeppelin in the Stairway to Heaven copyright fight. Good to know this DOJ has everything else under control. [Rolling Stone]
* California has a new law that says police should only kill when “necessary” and consider the kind of dystopian world we live in where this needed to be spelled out in a law. [NPR]
* Barr announces new BOP head to exploit Epstein’s death for the sake of some boondoggle in prison spending. [Courthouse News Service]
* The NRA tried to insert itself into Oliver North’s deposition in an act of stunning chutzpah. They got denied. [Law360]
* A follow-up on law student’s suicide and his family’s efforts to help others. [Good Men Project]
* CFTC faces scrutiny for “being honest.” [National Law Journal]
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Biglaw
NRA May Be Shooting Itself In The Foot With Out-Of-Control Legal Bills
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.29.19
* President Trump claims that the FBI and the DOJ will be investigating the Jussie Smollett case because it’s an “absolute embarrassment to our country.” Meanwhile, in more realistic news, Chicago wants the Empire actor to pay $130,000 to cover the costs of the officers who worked on the case. [Wall Street Journal]
* According to Diane Feinstein, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, “the blue slip is essentially dead.” May the century-old tradition rest in peace. [Big Law Business]
* Jessie Liu, Trump’s pick for third-in-command at the Justice Department upon the recommendation of Attorney General William Barr, has withdrawn from consideration after facing conservative opposition for her association with the National Association of Women Lawyers, an organization she once led. [Reuters]
* C. Allen Parker, the former Cravath presiding partner who brought Biglaw the $180K salary scale and left the firm to become general counsel at Wells Fargo, will now serve as interim CEO and president at the troubled bank. Best of luck… [Corporate Counsel]
* In case you missed it, the NRA is planning to oppose renewal of the Violence Against Women Act due to provisions that would prevent people who have committed domestic abuse from obtaining firearms. That’s just swell. [The Hill]
* Roberta Kaplan, the founding partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink who represented Edith Windsor in the landmark Supreme Court case that obliterated the Defense of Marriage Act and co-founded the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, will be speaking at Harvard Law’s 2019 Class Day Ceremony. Congratulations! [Harvard Law Today]
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Government
Russian Operative To Plead Guilty To Cucking The NRA
I believe we have to start referring to the Second Amendment as the Вторая Поправка. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.18
* Paul Manafort pleading guilty. Because… witch hunt or something. [CNN]
* Brett Kavanaugh could “halt or reverse our progress toward gay equality.” Is this all it takes to get an op-ed in a mega circulation paper these days? Just say obvious stuff? I’ve really been overthinking this. [USA Today]
* Betsy DeVos reversing campus rape rules to make Baylor great again. [Law.com]
* Bill Brewer bounced from NRA case because it was absolutely the right thing to do. [Washington Post]
* A close look at three law-abiding people who are about to be converted to “illegal” humans by this administration. [Courthouse News Service]
* Tish James will be New York’s next Attorney General and all she had to do to win was promise not to use the powers of the Attorney General. [Law360]
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Guns / Firearms
MGM Casinos Wager Their Own Sense Of Common Decency
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The NRA's Intellectually Dishonest Stand On Bump Stocks, Explained
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.25.17
* Who says you can never go home again? Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel under President Obama, return to Kirkland & Ellis. [Law.com]
* The Biglaw scandal that just keeps giving and giving and giving… The Dewey retrial nears its end. [New York Law Journal]
* North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has opened up an investigation into the troubled Charlotte School of Law. We’ll have more on this story later today. [Politico]
* The Republican controlled North Carolina General Assembly is trying to mess with Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s ability to appoint judges to their state courts. But Judge J. Douglas McCullough — a Republican — has at least one trick up his sleeve to thwart the plan. [Slate]
* The NRA is ramping up its legal strategy in California as they anticipate the future political direction of the courts there. [LA Times]
* The excuse “the Russians did it” just doesn’t fly in the world of tax law… not even if you are Sotheby’s. [New York Times]